Fruit stone and core extractor.



G. B. LARR IGK.

FRUIT STONE AND CORE EXTRAOI'OR.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 8, 1910.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

Inventor Witnesses 'Atto rnys GEORGE B. LARRIGK, OF LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA.

FRUIT STONE AND CORE EXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

Application filed October 6, 1910. Serial No. 585,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. Lnnmox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lexington, in the county of Rockbridge and State ofVirginia, have invented a new and useful Fruit Stone and Core Extractor,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vegetable cutters, and more especially to thatclass of devices known as pitters and corers; and the object of the sameis to produce an extremely simple device which will extract the stone orcore from a piece of fruit by a single operation and which can notbecome clogged in use.

To this end the invention consists in the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter more fully described and claimed and as shownin the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of this devicecomplete; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which it is made.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter T designates a tubular bodytapering slightly throughout its length from its lower end beyond whichproject oppositely disposed cutters C, to its upper end which forms theoutlet as designated by the letter 0, above which point the sides of thetube are continued upward in slightly diverging arms A, A connected attheir upper extremities by a rivet or pin R upon which is rigidlymounted a handle H. The latter is of wood, while all the rest is ofmetal.

In Fig. 2 is shown the blank from which the metallic part is made. Hereit will be seen that the body which forms the tube T is scalloped at oneend thereof forming the two oppositely disposed cutters C, and its otherend is cut into three strips A, two of which in the finished articleoverlap throughout to form one of the arms and the intermediate of whichforms the other arm as seen. These arms are disposed opposite to eachother but on a diametrical line at right angles to the diametrical linein which the cutters stand, and hence there can be no seam througheither of the latter which would interfere with its cutting action andrender it difiicult to grind. The seam will extend up one side of thetubular body T where the edges of the blank overlap each other, andalong that arm A which is of double thickness as the metal here also isoverlapped and therefore rendered stiff.

I-Ieretofore it has been common to make devices of this character eitherwith a straight tubular body having cutters at one of its extremities,or with a slightly tapering body having cutters at its smaller end and aside outlet for the fruit stone, and above said outlet a handle of somekind. The use of a side outlet renders the device extremely liable tobecome dirty, and difiicult of cleansing, and moreover it must be heldin one position in order that the stone cut from the fruit can beejected properly; whereas the use of two outlets as shown in thedrawings herewith renders the device easy to clean and presents noobstruction to the ejection of the stone or core which is cut from thefruit in a well known manner. Moreover, with an open handle such asshown, the device can more easily be manipulated, or hung up when not inuse. The .whole is made from sheet metal such as zinc or galvanizediron, and the cutters C are sharpened as by grinding off their surfaceon the outside.

What is claimed as new is:

The herein described fruit stone and core extractor, the same comprisingasingle piece of sheet metal rolled into the form of a tapering tube andhaving oppositely dis posed cutters projecting beyond its smallerextremity, a single arm projecting beyond its larger extremity at oneside, and a pair of lapped armsprojecting from its larger extremity atthe opposite side and continuing the line along which the edges of thesheet are joined said arms standing in a line at right angles to a linethrough said outters; and a handle secured between the outer ends ofsaid arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE B. LARRICK.

Witnesses:

NANNIE LARRICK, E. S. SHIELDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0. i

